Part I: from the Arabic
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Introduction: “This is that which hath...”
1: “My first counsel is this...”
2: “The best beloved of all things...”
3: “Veiled in My immemorial being...”
4: “I loved thy creation...”
5: “Love Me, that I may love thee...”
6: “Thy Paradise is My love...”
7: “If thou lovest Me...”
8: “There is no peace...”
9: “My love is My stronghold...”
10: “Thou art My stronghold...”
11: “Thou art My lamp...”
12: “With the hands of power...”
13: “I created thee rich...”
14: “Thou art My dominion...”
15: “Turn thy face unto Mine...”
16: “Forget all save Me...”
17: “Be thou content with Me...”
18: “Ask not of Me that which We desire not...”
19: “I have breathed within thee...”
20: “My claim on thee is great...”
21: “Upon the tree of effulgent glory...”
22: “Noble have I created thee...”
23: “To the eternal I call thee...”
24: “Transgress not thy limits...”
25: “Vaunt not thyself over the poor...”
26: “How couldst thou forget thine own faults...”
27: “Breathe not the sins of others...”
28: “He that biddeth men be just...”
29: “Ascribe not to any soul...”
30: “Deny not My servant...”
31: “Bring thyself to account...”
32: “I have made death...”
33: “With the joyful tidings...”
34: “The spirit of holiness...”
35: “Sorrow not save that thou art far...”
36: “Rejoice in the gladness...”
37: “Divest not thyself...”
38: “Walk in My statutes...”
39: “Neglect not My commandments...”
40: “Wert thou to speed through...”
41: “Magnify My cause...”
42: “Humble thyself before Me...”
43: “Make mention of Me...”
44: “Thy hearing is My hearing...”
45: “Seek a martyr’s death...”
46: “Ponder and reflect...”
47: “By My beauty! To tinge thy hair...”
48: “For everything there is a sign...”
49: “The true lover yearneth...”
50: “If adversity befall thee not...”
51: “My calamity is My providence...”
52: “Should prosperity befall thee...”
53: “If poverty overtake thee...”
54: “If thine heart be set...”
55: “Busy not thyself with this world...”
56: “Thou dost wish for gold...”
57: “Bestow My wealth upon My poor...”
58: “The temple of being is My throne...”
59: “Thy heart is My home...”
60: “Put thy hand into My bosom...”
61: “Ascend unto My heaven...”
62: “Many a day hath passed...”
63: “The light hath shone on thee...”
64: “My eternity is My creation...”
65: “My majesty is My gift to thee...”
66: “Ye shall be hindered...”
67: “By My spirit and by My favor...”
68: “Know ye not why We created...”
69: “Ye are My treasury...”
70: “...I have wafted unto thee all the fragrances...”
71: “Write all that We have revealed...”
Part II: from the Persian
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1: “The first call of the Beloved...”
2: “The bird seeketh its nest...”
3: “In the garden of thy heart...”
4: “Whither can a lover go...”
5: “Verily I say unto thee...”
6: “Know, verily, the heart...”
7: “Thou art but one step away...”
8: “Be swift in the path of holiness...”
9: “Pass beyond the baser stages...”
10: “Give ear unto this: Never...”
11: “Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold...”
12: “Close one eye and open the other...”
13: “I fear lest, bereft of the melody...”
14: “Abandon not the everlasting beauty...”
15: “The time cometh, when the nightingale...”
16: “Myriads of mystic tongues...”
17: “The gates that open on the Placeless...”
18: “...a new garden hath appeared...”
19: “Have ye forgotten...”
20: “Ages have passed...”
21: “I desire communion with thee...”
22: “The learned and the wise...”
23: “Mortal blasts have beset...”
24: “Wherefore do ye wear the guise...”
25: “Ye are like clear but bitter water...”
26: “Ponder awhile...”
27: “All that is in heaven and earth...”
28: “At many a dawn have I turned...”
29: “Out of the wastes of nothingness...”
30: “Many a dawn...”
31: “Wouldst thou have Me...”
32: “The candle of thine heart...”
33: “Hearken to the delightsome words...”
34: “With the hands...”
35: “Quench ye the lamp of error...”
36: “The wise are they that speak not...”
37: “Abandon not for that which perisheth...”
38: “Burst thy cage asunder...”
39: “Be not content with the ease...”
40: “Free thyself from the fetters...”
41: “Didst thou behold immortal sovereignty...”
42: “Purge thy heart from malice...”
43: “Walk ye in the ways...”
44: “Hear no evil...”
45: “Even as the swiftness of lightning...”
46: “Wherefore have ye neglected...”
47: “Put away the garment of vainglory...”
48: “Be forbearing one with another...”
49: “Tell the rich...”
50: “Put away all covetousness...”
51: “Be not troubled in poverty...”
52: “Ye have suffered My enemy...”
53: “...wealth is a mighty barrier...”
54: “The poor in your midst...”
55: “Cleanse thyself from the defilement...”
56: “The company of the ungodly...”
57: “Beware! Walk not with the ungodly...”
58: “Wouldst thou seek the grace...”
59: “Think not the secrets of hearts...”
60: “Verily I say, whatsoever ye have concealed...”
61: “A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean...”
62: “Turn not away thine eyes...”
63: “...an unforeseen calamity followeth you...”
64: “Withdraw your hands from tyranny...”
65: “My forbearance hath emboldened you...”
66: “The tongue I have designed...”
67: “Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn...”
68: “Wherefore have not these soiled hands...”
69: “Holy words and pure and goodly deeds...”
70: “Pleasant is the realm of being...”
71: “Call ye to mind that covenant...”
72: “Thou art even as a finely tempered sword...”
73: “Thou art the daystar of the heavens...”
74: “For a fleeting sovereignty...”
75: “Set not your affections...”
76: “Guidance hath ever been given...”
77: “In the night-season the beauty...”
78: “Quaff from the tongue...”
79: “How long wilt thou soar...”
80: “Ye are the trees of My garden...”
81: “The basest of men are they...”
82: “The best of men are they...”
Postscript: “The mystic and wondrous Bride...”